With this, China overtook Europe to become Apple’s second largest market only to the US.

The company also reported quarterly sales of the iPhone in China at 61 million units, exceeding sales in the US.

Cook, who has visited China five times in the last three years, announced on a Chinese social networking site that Apple would collaborate with the World Wildlife Fund to reduce the amount of paper in its product packaging, and to protect 405,000 hectares of Chinese forests. (IANS)